Clayton State University’s Spivey Hall has a Valentine weekend of masterful performances planned.
Pianist Steven Osborne will perform on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 8:15 p.m. following a pre-concert dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Osborne’s standing as one of the great pianists of his generation was publicly affirmed in 2013 with two major awards: The Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist of the Year and his second Gramophone Award, this time in the Instrumental category for his recording of Mussorgsky “Pictures at an Exhibition” and solo works by Prokofiev.
Osborne’s Spivey Hall debut program will include Franz Schubert, 3 Klavierstücke, D946; Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 101; and works by Sergei Rachmaninov, Études-tableaux Op. 33 Nos. 1, 3, 7, and 8, and Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, in his own performing edition recently released in his acclaimed Hyperion CD recording.
Tickets are priced at $54 (with discounts for subscribers, groups, students and Georgia educators).
A dinner prior to the performance is available for an additional fee of $40 per person. The dinner will be held in the Harry S. Downs Education Center; price includes entrée, beverage and dessert. The deadline for purchasing dinner tickets is noon on Monday, Feb. 9. Advanced purchase through the box office is required; dinners may not be purchased the day of concert.
Program notes and Audio Web Notes, providing detailed background and synopsis information, will be available prior to the concert at www.spivey.org. Audio Web notes are online program notes enriched by short music samples that give patrons the chance to hear what the program notes are talking about.
On Sunday, Feb. 15, at 2 p.m., Spivey Hall will host some the finest voices in the southeast during the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
The best opera vocalists from North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia will take the stage at Spivey Hall to compete for a chance at the national finals at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The afternoon performance is a wonderful opportunity for the opera fan who wants to catch the next rising star. Winners of the Southeast Auditions will be announced following deliberations by the judges.
Tickets are priced at $40 (with discounts for subscribers, groups, students and Georgia educators), and are available for purchase now.
